Tuition teacher held for raping, blackmailing teenaged student

POLICE SAID THE ACCUSED WAS NOT COOPERATING AND WAS IN JUDICIAL CUSTODY. HE WILL BE INTERROGATED LATER, THEY SAID

- Jignasa Sinha

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping and blackmailing a 15-year-old girl who took private tuitions from him in south Delhi's CR Park area for almost three years even as the grisly crime sparked outrage among residents and former pupils.

On Wednesday, the minor's father approached the police, alleging that the accused was blackmailing, mentally harassing, and sexually assaulting his daughter since 2022, when she was in Class 8 and started taking private tuitions from him.

The accused taught science and mathematics to school students from his home, where the alleged crimes took place.

"The minor came to us with her father and reported she had been attending the classes since 2022. She alleged that the accused raped her multiple times over these years and also threatened her. Based on her complaint and a medical examination, we arrested the accused and sent him to judicial custody," said deputy commissioner of police (south) Ankit Chauhan.

Police said the accused was not cooperating and has been sent to judicial custody at present. He will be interrogated later, they said.